Ministry Blasts ‘Illegal’ Freeport Mining
…Rio Tinto helped to finance expansion of Freeport’s massive Grasberg mine in Indonesian-occupied West Papua and continues to profit from it. Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan told lawmakers he had sent…
Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
…they may turn an unseeing eye on illegal operations in return for payoffs. (This is something alleged in the case of Freeport-McMoran’s massive Grasberg mine in West Papua). See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9870….
Six wounded in ambush near Freeport-Rio Tinto mine in West Papua
…mine workers were hurt in the ambush on a convoy of buses and land cruisers heading to the coastal city of Timika from the Grasberg mine, senior police officer Mada…
More shootings at Freeport Rio Tinto's Grasberg mine in Indonesia
A weekend attack left two security guards injured but has not affected production, the company said. See…
Fresh conflict around Freeport-Rio Tinto mine in West Papua
Five injured in renewed attacks at Freeport-Rio Tinto Grasberg copper/gold mine A series of attacks have resumed near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s Grasberg’s mine in Indonesia’s Papua Province. Five Freeport…